
Our mission objective is Roran, the City of Towers. It is a city surrounded by deserts and located in the Land of Wind.
Hiruzen received a report from one of his spies in the Land of the Wind. Anrokuzan's evil minister Roran is devising a diabolical scheme to utilize the Ley Chakra line beneath the city of Roran to gather strength and eventually wage war against the five nations.
Our mission is to investigate and eliminate Anrokuzan, thereby overthrowing his evil scheme. After an hour we all gathered near the entrance of Konoha as we were ready to depart.
“Izuna, Kakashi! The two of you will scout the city and look for clues about Anrokuzan's plans. Me, Choza, and Shibi will face the enemy while we guard Queen Sara from Roran from the shadows.”
Minato took out his special kunai and gave one to the two of us.
“Save this kunai with you. In an emergency, I'll be able to teleport to you in an instant and help you overcome the problem.”
We both nodded at him and kept the kunai in our kunai holster.
Roran is very far from Konoha. To reach Roran we have to travel through the Land of Rivers then enter the Land of Winds and continue the journey in the hot desert to finally reach the destination. Although Roran is surrounded by desert, there is an oasis nearby that helps the city with a lot of problems.
Our team of five people is moving towards the goal. We traveled non-stop for seven hours. Choza and Shibi are surprised to see me and Kakashi can follow them. Unable to hold her curiosity back, Choza asked Minato,
“Minato, these kids can keep up with our speed and stamina especially that younger Uchiha kid. You've been doing really Kakashi job training because he's a member of your team, so you're aware of his abilities. But what about the Uchiha child, how do you know him well?”
Minato chuckled as he replied,
“Choza-san, in the past two years, Izuna has been training with my team regularly. He even missed the academy using Shadow clones to train with us. I can only say one thing, if Kakashi is a genius then Izuna is a genius among geniuses. He helped me create the Jutsu Rasengan A-Rank and before I could improve it further, Izuna had already refined Jutsu to S-rank alone.
The most surprising thing was that he had enough Chakra to use the S-rank jutsu in attacking and still defending his Chakra. I can easily say, he was able to defeat most of the Jounin in our village quite easily. And if surprised, his S-rank jutsu could even take down a Kage-level Shinobi. What he lacks is experience and I think this mission will help him get some of it.”
Choza and Shibi were shocked by this revelation as both muttered at the same time,
"What monster?"
“By the way we've been traveling long enough, let's take a break to keep our stamina and we'll resume after an hour of rest.”
Both agreed with the decision as we stopped and started to recover our stamina.
“Hei, Kakashi! You really missed that delicious heavenly ramen. But don't worry, I've protected you.”
I took out a bowl of hot Ramen from my storage roll and gave it to Kakashi. Kakashi strangely looked at me before he started digging. I want to see Kakashi's face with my own eyes.
During our two years of friendship, I have never, not even once seen Kakashi without his mask. Well, I've seen his face from the anime but that's when Kakashi was an adult. I want to see how Kakashi's chibi looks.
I stared intently at Kakashi as I activated my Sharingan and looked at him. I wanted to record his face in my memory and make posters and share it among all his teammates and friends.
Kakashi takes out the chopsticks as he breaks them and prepares to eat the ramen. My gaze grew more intense as I waited for that moment. As Kakashi was about to take off his mask and start eating his ramen, I felt a heavy hand on my shoulder.
Surprised, I turned around as my Sharingan flickered and crept out from the intruder. Choza was startled by my Sharingan as she retreated. I deactivated my Sharingan when I asked him,
“Sorry to surprise you Choza-san. Is there anything I can help you with?”
Choza scratched the back of her head as she asked me,
“Before I saw you give Kakashi a bowl of hot ramen. So, if you have an extra bowl left, can you share it with me?
I took out another bowl of Ramen and handed it to Choza. He greedily sipped ramen as he commented,
“What heavenly ramen? Ahhh….So, great. “
I agree with him when I comment,
“Yes, this is the best ramen I've ever eaten. These smooth noodles and shiny broths that slide down your throat and soothe your soul. This is true happiness.”
Choza nodded as she agreed with me as she asked,
"If you don't have a problem, may I ask you Izuna-kun?"
I nodded at him as I replied,
"As long as it's not something related to the secrets of our clan or anything like that, I won't mind answering your question."
“There is nothing like it. I'd just like to ask you about your Sharingan, are you willing to answer me . Very unusual to see something strange.The unusual Sharingan, it is also at such a young age.”.
“Oh, nothing secret. I awakened my Sharingan years earlier because I did many life and death missions with many teams and faced the death of many of my colleagues who awakened my Sharingan. Dad said that my Sharingan is a mutated one and depending on the mutation, they can mature slowly or quickly mature. My Sharingan is the last because it matures very quickly. ” I reply to.
"Oh! Such is. Thanks for the ramen, Izuna-kun .”
Minato and Shibi quietly heard our conversation, but the shock on their faces was visible when they saw my Sharingan. They are aware of the fact that many Kekkai Genkai mutations tend to be harmful to the user and can even cause death. They looked at me with a strange expression but I ignored them.
'Shoppers! Kakashi still eats ramen. I have to record his face.'
"Thank you for the food."
As I turned to face Kakashi, Kakashi had already finished his Ramen as he covered his face with the mask again and placed the chopsticks and bowl on the scroll.
'F***! Kishimoto and his arrangements. One day I will unmask Kakashi in front of everyone.'
I reluctantly looked at Kakashi who was confused by my expression.
After an hour had passed, we started running towards the Land of Wind again because the journey was too long.
With almost non-stop travel, we finally reached Roran, Tower City after four days. We are all exhausted both mentally and physically and we need rest to recover from the fatigue. So, we decided to stay in the oasis outside Roran while relaxing.
From a distance, Roran looked like an Obelisk with a vast platform and many pointed structures jutting out from it. The city has a strange design.
I activated my Sharingan to begin telescopic vision paired with X-Ray vision as I peered into the city. Platform-like structures are city walls that block the ever-present hot sandy winds to enter the city and the pointed structures are the various towers where the Roran people live. The highest city in the center of the city is the Queen's Palace where Queen Sara of Roran lives.
The entire city has a gothic feel with many narrow towers of skyscrapers that lead up to the sky. I did not reveal my discovery to them because there was no point in doing so and they would know it for themselves once we got near the city.
We all started preparing our tents to sleep in the forest. Setting up a tent will help us sleep more relaxed. There is no fear of any insects biting us, Shibi can contact the insects and ask them to stay away from us.
Minato and I began to install detection seals and other seals around our camp to warn us of any threats. Kakashi also helps by placing some traps, in case of an ambush. Shibi had just sent his insects to scout the area, meanwhile, Choza was just sitting in a tent chewing on dry rations like snacks.
We were quite prepared as we all went to sleep in our tents.